Netherlands win furious final to be crowned European champions

• Netherlands win European championship for initial time
• Vivianne Miedema scores prop and ends contest on 4 goals
• Record Dutch assemblage of 28,182 watch on in Enschede

The Netherlands flog Denmark 4-2 in a UEFA Women’s EURO Netherlands 2017 Final to be crowned European champions for a initial time, in front of a record Dutch assemblage for women’s football of 28,182.

Result
Netherlands 4-2 Denmark

Denmark got off to a ideal start in front of an all-Oranje throng when Nadia Nadim converted a chastisement flog with a assured finish. However a hosts did not dump their heads and instead used a reversal to their advantage.

Shanice outpost de Sanden flog her defender on a right wing before anticipating Miedema on a behind post, and a immature brazen done no mistake from tighten operation to move a hosts turn within a initial 10 minutes. 

The Dutch kicked on from there and took a lead in a 28th mins when Martens incited her defender on tip of a chastisement area before curling a left-footed low shot into a distant dilemma with a round kissing Stina Lykke Petersen’s left post before going in.

Denmark captain Pernille Harder scored 5 mins after to move a Danes turn and make story as her excellent left-footed finish after her solo run done it a highest-scoring initial half in any comparison men’s or women’s EURO final.

After a break, a Dutch came out banishment and captain Sherida Spitse easy a hosts’ lead with a free-kick that she probably upheld into a bottom corner. The idea was Spitse’s third of a contest with her prior dual also being from set pieces, both from a chastisement spot.

Miedema scored her second of a compare in a 89th notation to move a Oranje Leeuwinnen their initial ever European championship in front of their home supporters.

The stats
1 – Netherlands lift initial vital women’s trophy, and they did so in noted fashion, creation story in front of their home fans. The final horde republic to win UEFA Women’s EURO was Germany in 2001.

3 – Three clubs had 3 players concerned in a final: Ajax (Groenen, Van Der Gragt and Van Lunteren), Arsenal (Van Veenendaal, Miedema and Van de Donk) and Rosengard (Simone Boye Sorensen, Sanne Troeslgaard and Sofie Junge Pedersen).

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